Renowned TV Anchor Palki Sharma Upadhyay viciously mocked Pakistan during border tensions with India by involving a reference of Virat Kohli’s Test retirement. While keeping in mind, the former Indian captain, Kohli, has sensational ODI and T20 record against Pakistan, Upadhayay claimed that if anything, the only good news the nation has gotten lately is Kohli’s retirement.
“Move over wonderland, there is a new fairytale in town. General Munir in Delulu land. His air defence is as strong as Pakistan cricket team’s top-order. His fighter jets as lethal as their captain’s post-match press conferences. Yet, there are celebrations in the country. What happened is no victory for Pakistan. Their only good news was that Virat Kohli retired. That’s one less hundred for them to suffer,” Palki Sharma said.
PALKI SHARMA : Only good news for Pakistan last week was that VIRAT KOHLI retired 😭😂🔥pic.twitter.com/3K4BDQdCfP
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Kohli Against Pakistan
Even though the Delhi-born cricketer never played a test match against Pakistan, he averages 59.84 in 29 ODIs against Pakistan, coupled with 778 runs. Kohli’s highest score in ODIs is also against the Asian Giants during the 2012 Asia Cup, which is 183. The average zooms to 70.28 for the 36 year old in 11 T20Is against Pakistan, and one of the greatest knocks came out in the course of the T20 World Cup 2022 fixture.
Contribution In Champions Trophy
However, Kohli’s last ODI century also came against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy 2025 game, where he made an unbeaten 100 off 111 balls to help India come up with a six wicket victory to successfully chase down 242, with six wickets in hand. He made valuable contributions towards India’s Champions Trophy victory as he ended up with 218 runs in five matches with an average of 54.50 runs.
